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He pretty clearly links the two by inference, one immediately after the other. He didn't blame their deaths on welfare, but he certainly did try to make Philpott part of the public debate on welfare, as if it had any bearing.

He pretty clearly links the two by inference, one immediately after the other.

1) Find a dictionary and learn what 'inference' means before you use it.
2) Saying one thing immediately after another doesn't necessarily "link" the two.

He didn't blame their deaths on welfare, but he certainly did try to make Philpott part of the public debate on welfare, as if it had any bearing.

No, the media made Philpott part of the public debate on welfare, and Osborne was careful and clear that any discussion about welfare relating to Philpott should relate to the circumstances in which he lived and not the crimes which he committed. But wait, he is a Tory, so he actually said whatever is most convenient for Labour partisanship and we can prove that he did by making baseless assertions and throwing around words like inference.